Don't you always put sugar on your MIGs?

(My new American Thinker post)

The Cuban "brown sugar" crisis took a turn over the weekend.  We found a couple of old MIG's under the brown sugar:   

"Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship that carried arms from Cuba have found the two MiG-21 fighter jets the Cuban government had said were on board, the government said on Sunday. "

And then it got better because they found "two missile radar systems."

 

Before they found the MIGs and radar systems, the Cuban government said that the "the cargo was a donation of sugar for the people of North Korea." 

 

Wonder if a couple of Cubans and North Korean were singing that song from Mary Poppins:  "Just  a spoonful of sugar...." 

 

My guess is that most North Koreans would tell the Cubans to keep their MIGs and put more brown sugar, or other foodstuffs, in the shipment. 

At the same time, I think that it's getting more and more obvious that these military items were headed somewhere other than North Korea. 

 

Where?  I don't know but there are some guerrilla in Colombia who could use a little firepower. They killed 19 Colombia soldiers over the weekend. 

 

There are also cartels in Mexico who would love to shoot down one of those Mexican Army helicopters.  I'm sure that the cartels are very angry with the capture of another leader.

 

Where?  Again I don't know but there are lots of bad guys out there with liquidity and looking to add some inventory!

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A new start for Detroit

The bad news is that Detroit is the largest city to file for bankruptcy.  The good news is that Detroit now has a real chance to reinvent itself and become a dynamic place for business.

We know what happened in Detroit.  The images of today's Detroit are devastating.

First, the taxpayers moved out.  They took their taxes to the suburbs as has happened in other metropolitan areas.

Second, the public schools failed miserably. 

Third, the Democrats and the public sector unions messed up everything.  Too many promises, lousy services and a political system that automatically elected and reelected  Democrats.

Fourth, the auto industry left for greener pastures, such as "right to work" states in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc.

That's the past.  What can we do now?

Turn Detroit into the most attractive place on earth to start a business.  Encourage entrepreneurs, like the car makers of 100 years ago, to make and create the industries of tomorrow.

It won't happen overnight but it will work.  Give capitalism a chance in Detroit and you'll see how quickly the city will turn around.

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